The Episcopal
Lineage of His Holiness, Pope Francis
JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO, S.J, Titular Bishop of Auca and
Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, the future Pope Francis. Ordained bishop 27
June 1992 at Buenos Aires, in the Metropolitan Cathedral, by Antonio Cardinal
Quarracino, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, assisted by Ubaldo Calabresi, Titular
Archbishop of Fondi and Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina, and Emilio Ogñénovich, Bishop
of Mercedes-Luján.
ANTONIO QUARRACINO, Bishop of Nueve de
Julio. Ordained
bishop 8 April 1962 at Mercedes, in the Cathedral, by Anunciado Serafini,
Bishop of Mercedes, assisted by Adolfo
Servando Tortolo, Bishop of Catamarca, and Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Bishop of
San Rafael.
ANUNCIADO SERAFINI, Titular Bishop of Arycanda and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata. Ordained bishop 25 July 1935 at La Plata by Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland, Archbishop of Paraná, assisted by Fortunato Devoto, Titular Bishop of Attaea and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, and Miguel de Andrea, Titular Bishop of Temnus and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires.
ANUNCIADO SERAFINI, Titular Bishop of Arycanda and Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata. Ordained bishop 25 July 1935 at La Plata by Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland, Archbishop of Paraná, assisted by Fortunato Devoto, Titular Bishop of Attaea and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, and Miguel de Andrea, Titular Bishop of Temnus and Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires.
ZENOBIO LORENZO GUILLAND, Archbishop
of Paraná. Ordained bishop 3 March 1935 at La Plata, in the Cathedral, by
Filippo Cortesi, Titular Archbishop of Sirace and Apostolic Nuncio to
Argentina, assisted by Miguel de Andrea, Titular Bishop of Temnus and Auxiliary
Bishop of Buenos Aires, and Cesar Caneva, Bishop of Azul.
FILIPPO CORTESI, Titular
Archbishop of Sirace and Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela. Ordained bishop 21
August 1921 at Rome, in the Church of San Alfonso in Via Merulana, by Antonio
Cardinal Vico, Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, assisted by Pietro Fumasoni
Biondi, Titular Archbishop of Doclea, and Sebastião Leite de Vasconcellos,
Titularr Archbishop of Damiata.
ANTONIO VICO, Titular
Archbishop of Philippi and Apostolic Delegate in Colombia. Ordained bishop 9
January 1898 at Rome, in the chapel of Capranica College, by Mariano Cardinal
Rampolla del Tindaro, assisted by Cesare Sambucetti, Titular Archbishop of
Corinth, and Antonio Sardi, Bishop of Anagni.
MARIANO RAMPOLLA del
TINDARO, Titular
Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa and Apostolic Nuncio to Spain. Ordained bishop 8 December 1882 in Saint Peter’s
Basilica, Rome, by Edward Henry Cardinal Howard, assisted by Alessandro
Sanminiatelli Zabarella, Titular Archbishop of Tyana, and Carlo Laurenzi,
Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina.
EDWARD HENRY HOWARD, Titular
Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto and Auxiliary Bishop of Frascati. Ordained
bishop 30 June 1872 in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, by Carlo Cardinal Sacconi,
assisted by Salvatore Nobili-Vitelleschi, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in
Isauria, and François Xavier de Merode, Titular Archbishop of Melitene.
CARLO SACCONI, Titular Archbishop of
Nicaea and Apostolic Nuncio in Bavaria. Ordained
bishop 8 June 1851 in the Church of Saints Vincent and Anastasius, Rome, by
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni, assisted by Giuseppe Valerga, Latin
Patriarch of Jerusalem, and Rudesindo Salvado, O.S.B., Bishop of Port Victoria,
Australia.
GIACOMO FILIPPO FRANSONI, Titular
Archbishop of Nazianzus. Ordained bishop 8 December 1822 in the Church of the
Benedictines (Campo Marzio), Rome, by Pier Francesco Cardinal Galleffi,
assisted by Gianfrancesco Falzacappa, Titular Archbishop of Athens, and
Giuseppe Della Porta Rodiani, Titular Archbishop of Damascus.
PIER FRANCESCO GALLEFFI, Cardinal
and Titular Archbishop of Damascus. Ordained bishop 12 September 1819 in the
Church of Saints Dominic and Sixtus, Rome, by Alessandro Cardinal Mattei,
Bishop of Ostia e Velletri, assisted by Meraldo Macioti, Titular Bishop of
Elusa, and Francesco Albertini, Bishop of Terracina, Sezze e Piperno.
ALESSANDRO MATTEI, Archbishop
of Ferrara. Ordained bishop 23 February 1777 in the Church of Santa Maria
Regina Coeli, Rome, by Bernardino Cardinal Giraud, former Archbishop of
Ferrara, assisted by Marcantonio Conti, Tituar Archbishop of Damascus, and
Giuseppe Maria Carafa, Bishop of Mileto.
BERNARDINO GIRAUD, Titular
Archbishop of Damascus. Ordained bishop 26 April 1767 in a chapel of the
Apostolic Palace of the Quirinal, Rome, by His Holiness Pope Clement XIII,
assisted by Scipione Borghese, Titular Archbishop of Theodosia, and Ignazio
Reali, Titular Archbishop of Athens.
CARLO REZZONICO, Cardinal
Bishop of Padova, the future Pope Clement XIII. Ordained bishop 19 March 1743
in the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles, Rome, by His Holiness Pope
Benedict XIV, assisted by Giuseppe Cardinal Accaramboni, Bishop of Frascati,
and Antonio Saverio Cardinal Gentili.
PROSPERO LAMBERTINI, Titular
Archbishop of Theodosia, the future Pope Benedict XIV. Ordained bishop 16 July
1724 in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace of the Quirinal, Rome, by
His Holiness Pope Benedict XIII, assisted by Giovanni Francesco Nicolai,
O.F.M.Ref., Titular Archbishop of Myra, and Nicola Maria Lercari, Titular
Archbishop of Nazianzus.
PIETRO FRANCESCO VINCENZO MARIA ORSINI, O.P., Cardinal
Archbishop of Manfredonia, the future Pope Benedict XIII. Ordained bishop 3
February 1675 in the Church of Saints Dominic and Sixtus, Rome, by Paluzzo
(Paluzzi degli Albertoni) Cardinal Altieri, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation de
Propaganda Fide, assisted by Stefano Brancaccio, Archbishop-Bishop of Viterbo e
Tuscania, and Costanzo Zani, O.S.B., Bishop of Imola.
PALUZZO (PALUZZI degli
ALBERTONI) ALTIERI, Cardinal Bishop of Montefiascone e Corneto. Ordained bishop 2 May 1666 in the Church of San
Silvestro in Capite, Rome, by Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna, assisted by Stefano
Ugolini, Titular Archbishop of Corinth, and Giovanni Tommaso Pinelli, Bishop of
Albenga.
ULDERICO CARPEGNA, Bishop of
Gubbio. Ordained bishop 7 October 1630 in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic
Palace of the Quirinal, Rome, by Luigi Cardinal Caetani, assisted by Antonio
Ricciulli, former Bishop of Belcastro and Vicegerent of Rome, and Benedetto
Landi, Bishop of Fossombrone.
LUIGI CAETANI, Titular
Patriarch of Antioch. Ordained bishop 12 June 1622 in the Basilica of Santa
Maria Maggiore, Rome, by Lodovico Cardinal Ludovisi, Archbishop of Bologna,
assisted by Galeazzo Sanvitale, former Archbishop of Bari, and Vulpiano Volpi,
former Archbishop of Chieti.
LODOVICO LUDOVISI, Cardinal
Archbishop of Bologna. Ordained bishop 2 May 1621 in the private chapel of his
consecrator, near Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, by Galeazzo Sanvitale, former
Archbishop of Bari and Prefect of the Apostolic Palace, assisted by Cosmo de Torres,
Titular Archbishop of Hadrianopolis, and Ottavio Ridolfi, Bishop of Ariano.
GALEAZZO SANVITALE, Archbishop
of Bari. Ordained bishop 4 April 1604 in the chapel of the Apostolic Sacristy,
Rome, by Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P., Bishop of Albano, assisted by
Claudio Rangoni, Bishop of Piacenza, and Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia, Bishop of
Castro di Toscana.
GIROLAMO BERNERIO, O.P., Bishop of Ascoli Piceno. Ordained bishop 7 September 1586 in the Basilica of
the Twelve Holy Apostles, Rome, by Giulio Cardinal Santoro, assisted by Giulio
Masetti, Bishop of Reggio Emilia, and Ottaviano Paravicini, Bishop of
Alessandria.
GIULIO ANTONIO SANTORO, Archbishop of Santa
Severina. Ordained bishop 12 March 1566
in the Pauline Chapel of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, by Scipione Cardinal
Rebiba, Titular Patriarch of Constantinople, assisted by Annibale Caracciolo,
Bishop of Isola, and Giacomo de’ Giacomelli, former Bishop of Belcastro.
SCIPIONE REBIBA, Titular
Bishop of Amicle and Auxiliary of Chieti. Ordained bishop 14 May 1541. To date,
after extensive research, no record of his episcopal ordination, other than the
date, has been found.